289 p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289)

Into the abyss: Germany under Allied occupation, 1945-46 -- Germany is set on a new course: the founding of two States, 1947-1949 -- The Federal Republic orientates to the West: Western integration and the "economic miracle" in the Adenauer Era, 1949-1963 -- Hegemony against the will of the people: the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1949 to 1961 -- From stagnation to take-off, and from Ludwig Erhard to the Grand Coalition, 1963-1969 -- After the building of the Wall: stabilisation of the SED state by means of force under Walter Ulbricht, 1961-1971 -- The Republic in transition: the new policy towards the East and commitment to reform in the Brandt Era, 1969-1974 -- The crisis years: political strains and their solutions during the period of the Schmidt/Genscher government, 1974 to 1982 -- Dictatorship's deceptive facade of normality: the GDR under Honecker from the 1970's onwards -- A change of government in Bonn: the Christian Democrat-Liberal coalition under Helmut Kohl from 1982 -- The collapse of the SED dictatorship and the fall of the Wall in 1989 -- The unanticipated reunification: the new course for Germany and international reaction to it, 1989-90 -- In retrospect

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